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☆ I was desperate to have a second baby because I disliked being an only child
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Janine Clements | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When it came to having kids, I wanted a big, noisy family. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI wasn't always an only child; I became one when I was 4 and my brother, who was 18 months old, died. Desperate for my daughter not to be an only child, I couldn't give up. But my fears were unfounded, and we were blessed with a healthy baby girl — and a sibling for my daughter.

Persons: I've, —, I didn't, didn't Organizations: Service, Asherman's Locations: Singapore, New York

☆ Jeff Bezos says work-life balance is a 'debilitating phrase,' and that work and life are actually a circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Britney Nguyen | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos thinks "work-life balance" is a "debilitating phrase." The billionaire and former Amazon CEO instead taught employees that work and life are a circle. AdvertisementJeff Bezos doesn't like the phrase "work-life balance," and has said in the past that he views work and life as actually a circle. "I get asked about work-life balance all the time," Bezos told Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. "If you can get your work life to where you enjoy half of it, that is amazing.

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Whispering in the ears of the billionaires and celebrities doing the buying, however, are investment bankers. Like other sports bankers BI interviewed for our list of top sports bankers, he exemplified a good-humored, approachable attitude, including joking about his many sports allegiances. Related stories"Earlier in my career, I made the mistake of telling Bob Kraft that I was a New York Jets fan," Carey told BI recently. They're obsessive Jets fans, and they're just fans because I'm a Jets fan," Neville told BI. So that's why we'll be Jets fans forever."

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☆ I've gone by a nickname since I was in high school. Sometimes I feel like I'm erasing my real identity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Conz Preti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My real name is Constanza, and I always felt it was hard to say and spell by non-Spanish speakers. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . We were in chemistry class and I was sitting next to one of my best friends in high school. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm erasing my immigrant identity by using a name that is "easier" for English speakers to say. Now that I'm a parent and I'm getting older, sometimes I feel like I'm doing a disservice to my heritage by not going by my real name.

Persons: Conz, —, Roberta, Connie, I've, I'm, It's Organizations: Service, Conz Locations: Argentina

☆ I worried my grandmother wouldn't accept my name change because I'm nonbinary. She showed me a side of her I never knew.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Kaden Hirsch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As a queer, nonbinary person, I've had to come out to my grandmother several times. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I was afraid coming out to my grandmother would harm our relationshipGrowing up, I had always gravitated towards my grandmother because I felt she understood me. After realizing I'm nonbinary, I came out to my grandmother a second timeOver the COVID-19 pandemic, I realized I identified as nonbinary. AdvertisementOne day during a visit at her apartment, my grandma told me about her aunt who lived on the Lower East Side.

Persons: I've, —, I'm nonbinary, you'll, wasn't Organizations: Service Locations: Manhattan, Harlem

☆ A millennial couple who reached financial independence by their mid-30s but don't want to retire early share how they still save 80% of their income
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lindsey and David Barber save 75% to 80% of their income for retirement and their son's future. Despite having enough to retire early, the millennial couple plans to keep working. AdvertisementLindsey Harrison Barber, 34, and her husband, David Barber, 35, have enough to retire early, but neither intends to slow down. Lindsey owns a marketing agency, while David owns an insurance agency, which bring in a combined eight figures in top-line revenue. Some are part of the FIRE movement — financial independence, retire early — though others are moving away from early retirement, whether to continue building generational wealth or transitioning to lower-stress roles that still give them something to do.

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☆ A teen whose dad cofounded Slack and mom cofounded Flickr is missing somewhere around San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mint Butterfield, the teen child of two tech founders, has gone missing in California. Butterfield, 16, is believed to have run away, local authorities say — perhaps to San FranciscoAuthorities are appealing for help finding Butterfield. AdvertisementMint Butterfield, the teen child of tech founders who set up Slack and Flickr, went missing over the weekend. The local sheriff's office put out a missing-juvenile alert on Tuesday seeking information about them. The alert, described in a Nextdoor post by K. Walther, a deputy in the Marin County Sheriff's Office, said Butterfield was last seen Sunday at 10 p.m.

Persons: Butterfield, —, Slack, Walther Organizations: San Francisco Authorities, Service, Flickr, Business Locations: California, Bolinas , California, San Francisco, Marin County

☆ This 35-year-old had 5 failed businesses before starting her grocery store chain – now it brings in over $8 million a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Gek Teng Pang founded Surrey Hills Grocer in 2021. Success didn't come easy for Pang Gek Teng. Today, she is the proud founder and CEO of Surrey Hills Grocer, an Australian-inspired grocer and café brand with five locations across Singapore. Navigating the entrepreneurial worldBetween quitting her job and starting Surrey Hills Grocer, Pang founded five different businesses. Pang opened her first Surrey Hills Grocer store in December 2021, and eventually went on to open four other locations.

Persons: Gek Teng Pang, Pang Gek Teng, Pang, That's, —, Alvin Lau, she's Organizations: Surrey Hills Grocer, CNBC, Surrey Hills, University of Newcastle, CNBC she's Locations: Singapore, Australian, Australia, Surry Hills

☆ My parents gave me a name that I hated. At 38, I legally changed it as a birthday present to myself.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The mom-of-two legally changed it to her beloved nickname as a birthday present to herself at 38. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . My 38th birthday was coming up in June 2000, and I knew exactly what I wanted to give myself as a present. I decided to legally change my birth name — which I hated — to my nickname. But my parents sometimes called me by my birth name, especially when they were angry or disciplining me.

Persons: Lissy Dunning, Phyllis, —, Elaine, Patricia Elizabeth, Phyllis Diller, Alexander, Alex, They've, Autumn, I'd, I'm, I've Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Ohio, Michigan

☆ I'm a single mom and have tons of support from my family. It's still lonely.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Ashley Espinoza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I got pregnant and the father didn't want to be in my child's life so I've raised her alone. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I felt it was better to be a single mother than to force a man who didn't want a child. In my 20s, I never wanted to get married, but in my 30s, as a single mother, that thought shifted. She is currently working on a memoir about growing up with a teen mom and becoming a single mother herself.

Persons: didn't, I've, —, they'd, Ashley Espinoza Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Colorado

☆ What it’s like to be a ‘glass child’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Meneses Maples refers to herself as an adult “glass child,” the sibling of a person with a mental or physical disability. How does a glass child disappear? It is important not to assume what the needs of a glass child are, said Missud, the New York psychotherapist. More than a decade after her TEDx presentation, Meneses Maples receives messages from parents of glass children seeking her advice. Meneses Maples said she hopes to inspire research on glass children by spreading the word through presentations and workshops.

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☆ I enjoyed being an only child until my mother died when I was 23, and I had to deal with it all by myself
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jennifer Barton Packer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewI grew up as an only child in 1980s Manhattan with a single mother. I was afforded opportunities as an only child that I never would have gotten if I had siblings. AdvertisementAs an only child, my mother tried to give me everythingMy mother lavished me with attention, affection, and opportunities. I can't remember a time when my mother wasn't there for me. With no other family members to help, my mother came to live with me in my studio apartment in Paris.

Persons: —, She'd, she'd, I'd, Harder Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Manhattan, Ukraine, Paris, New York

☆ Scottie Scheffler weathers storm to claim fourth win in five starts. Is he the most dominant golfer since Tiger Woods in his prime?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

1 mastered the elements once more at a stormy RBC Heritage to reel in his fourth win in his last five starts. “I didn’t show up here just to have some sort of ceremony and have people tell me congratulations,” Scheffler told reporters Monday. Only two players had ever previously won or finished runner-up in five consecutive PGA Tour starts; Vijay Singh in 2004, and Woods on three separate occasions between 1999 and 2008. 1 prepares to chase a historic sixth this week, Scheffler is throwing in the towel – but not before one last jab. The Tour moves on to Los Angeles on Thursday for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana.

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☆ Opinion: Right now, I’d rather raise my child in Taiwan than America
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Opinion Clarissa Wei | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

My dad still remembers the anxiety that engulfed the island when the United States cut off diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in favor of the People’s Republic of China in 1979. My parents considered America a safe haven and wanted me to grow up with all its comforts. Of course, comparing the United States and Taiwan this way without acknowledging the nuanced socio-political contexts can be misleading. Clarissa WeiThe biggest shift, then, has been how the people of Taiwan perceive the United States. The United States, on the flip side, is the 131st.

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☆ I was too afraid to tell my boss 'no.' My burnout was so bad that one day I left the office on a stretcher.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Teresa Vozza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I tried to repeat the boundary script I read in a Forbes article the previous day. When I left the room, I obsessed over everything I said, questioning whether I sounded stupid or not. Even though both childhood trauma and burnout symptoms often overlap, the solution differs. Most traditional burnout recovery approaches overfocus on external solutions — like physical exercise or an adequate rest and sleep schedule. If I feel triggered at work, I quietly tell myself that freezing or complying helped younger Teresa survive scary events.

Persons: —, Teresa, Teresa — Organizations: Service, Forbes, Business, Human Resources, Starbucks, Family Systems

☆ Opinion | We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Kathleen Blackburn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nothing about his predicament made sense to our family at the time. He was 38, a nonsmoker and nondrinker, with no history of cancer in his family. My parents were conservative evangelicals deeply skeptical of the medical industry, and his diagnosis kicked their beliefs into high gear. Traveling evangelists and local preachers claimed that the cancer was, in fact, a satanic attack. This gave us a way out: We simply had to muster enough faith to believe a miracle was possible and God would heal him.

Persons: who’d Organizations: Air Force, New York City Marathon Locations: West Texas

☆ I left my daughter's dad 4 years ago and have zero interest in reentering the dating world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Barbara Pazur | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIt's been four years since my partner and I split, and the world of dating is a distant memory. As a single mom, I've reshaped my life around new priorities — my daughter's future and finding myself again. Being a mom, much less a single mom, was never on my bucket list. We were living and working in Dublin and I got pregnant just a few months after we had started dating. I didn't feel like I was living my life — it was living me.

Persons: —, I've, hadn't, Constant, Barbara Pazur, Disney Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Dublin

☆ Los Angeles firefighters fought investments in safer streets. For decades, fire regulations have made roads deadlier.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Street safety advocates say fire officials' focus on speed is making roads more dangerous. Many of the city's residents want to take action to make their streets safer. In March, LA voted overwhelmingly for a street safety policy that will finally enforce a nearly decade-old mobility plan to make the city's streets safer for non-drivers. Fire departments across the country have for decades opposed safer street design. He said fire departments can be convinced to support safer street design if they're heavily engaged by planners.

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☆ Making Friends and Dating As Billionaire Steve Ballmer's Son
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Jane Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

When I meet people, they usually don't know that my dad is Steve Ballmer. I have some friends for whom it took a really long time — like many months — before they realized the link. There was this guy I used to be friends with who went out of his way to talk to me. My comedy friends are also awesome, and my newest group of friends, my girlfriend's friends, are really cool. Since I'm not a big spender, I don't think anybody eyed me and thought, "I can probably get a ton of money out of him."

Persons: Pete Ballmer, Steve Ballmer, It's, Steve Ballmer's, Stanford, it'd, I'm, I've, douchebag, that's, We've, —, I'd Organizations: Clippers Locations: San Francisco, Italian

☆ Special Education, Inc.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

AdvertisementNate Smallwood for BITo some, private equity's business model appears antithetical to special education. (The average public school district in Pennsylvania, where New Story operates the most schools, spends about $23,000 per child across all types of public education. "Private equity has no place in education — especially special education," Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio told BI. For instance, two Pennsylvania education directors left in spring 2023, according to records obtained by BI — one after just months in the role. AdvertisementNickie Coomer, a Colorado College education professor who has written about the privatization of special education, told BI that this data gap is a major regulatory hole, one that private-equity companies are happy to exploit.

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☆ After my brother tragically died, I knew I wanted to pursue adventure. Now my family and I live on a catamaran.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

We're pretty sure Kerry was executed there exactly two months later, in October 1978. So we had a memorial for Kerry, and then a few months later, John took his life. Rob Hamill rowing. Rob Hamill with Phil Stubbs, his teammate in the inaugural Atlantic rowing race in 1997. We got married about six months later, in 2001.

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☆ I was a young, single mom when I had my son, and I thought I was missing out on my 20s. Now, I'm glad I had him when I was younger.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Ashley Archambault | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But now that my son is 10 and I've made it over the halfway mark to him being 18, I'm actually really glad I had him when I was younger. I reminded myself to be presentWhen my son was little, sometimes I did feel like I was missing out. While I know I'm still young, I'm definitely starting to feel my age. If I still want to, I'll be able to take those big trips or pursue careers I wouldn't have been able to while he was young. When my son is grown, I'll still be fairly young and fit, but I'll also be wiser than I was in my 20s.

Persons: I've, I'm, Ashley Archambault

☆ This US couple spent a year exploring the world with their young family
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —When Margaret Bensfield Sullivan envisioned the type of family who might jet off for a year to explore the world together, she had a very specific image in her head. According to Sullivan, she and her husband had never traveled with their kids before their big trip. “We loved to travel as a couple,” Sullivan explains, recalling how they visited countries like Thailand, Cambodia, Argentina and Turkey together before starting their family. They won’t remember anything.”However, Sullivan explains that a work trip to Tanzania in 2017 completely changed her perspective. ‘Following the sun’When it came to planning their route, the Sullivan family decided to “follow the sun.” Margaret Bensfield SullivanOnce they’d made up their minds, the couple spent seven or eight months “working out the logistics” and winding their lives in New York down.

Persons: Margaret Bensfield Sullivan, Sullivan, ” Sullivan, Teddy, Willa, James, “, ‘, ”, they’d, “ It’s, they’ve, didn’t, you’re, shouldn’t, Lucia, we’re Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Sullivans, Sun Locations: New York, Thailand, Cambodia, Argentina, Turkey, Tanzania, South America, Africa, East, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Mongolia, Vietnam, Indonesia, “, Mexico, Guatemala, Italy, Greece, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, St

☆ Jennifer Pan's brother Felix called his sister's plot to murder their parents a 'dark shadow.' Here's where he is today.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementHuei Hann Pan and Bich Ha Pan in a photo displayed in "What Jennifer Did." While Pan lied about attending university, forging transcripts and pretending to attend classes in Toronto, Felix studied engineering at McMaster University. The evening of the November 2010 incident, he wasn't at home, Toronto Life reported. AdvertisementFelix testified during his sister's trialThe Toronto Sun reported that Felix was a witness during Pan's trial. Toronto Life reported in 2015 that Felix had moved to the east coast of Canada.

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☆ I always hated my first name and thought it was boring, but I didn't want to insult my parents by changing it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I was never happy about being named Jane. The nasties at school weren't imaginative and inevitably called me "Plain Jane" or "Jane the Pain." The godmother was delighted when her first granddaughter was named Jane. AdvertisementI thought about changing my name but worried what my parents would thinkI spent a good amount of time considering my sister's question. It's not as if they'd named me Lucrezia, one of the infamous Borgia poisoners.

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